The next chapter

New Year's posts are always fun to write.  Although this is a more forward looking post instead of a meditation on the last year.

It is with great joy that I announce I have accepted a position at Southern Oregon University as an Enrollment Services Associate.  I start January 22nd.  I am truly looking forward to a new challenge and many opportunities to grow professionally. My future coworkers and supervisors are a great team!

This is as much a professional move as a personal move as well.  Most of Bryce's family lives in the Rogue Valley and over the past year we have found leaving them much more difficult to do.  We love our family, and we love the culture and community of the Rogue Valley.

There are rare moments in life where it seems that the stars align and the timing is right; and the clarity we have in our decision making gives us peace.  The only other time in my life when I felt such clarity was when I walked down the aisle to marry Bryce.

As many of you know these past eight years (five as students, three as an employee) have been a truly unforgettable experience.  WOU will always have a special place in our hearts. But many of you also know that the past three and incidentally, the first three years of our marriage have been a tremendous struggle, as we made our way into the working world.  Bryce has dealt patiently with blow after blow of rejection letters and the monotony and devastation of unemployment, while I struggled to get my own grasp on my work, keep our finances together and go to graduate school.  Nevertheless we found a reason to smile and a reason to laugh everyday.  We have many happy memories here, and will cherish them always.

Thank you to all my friends and family who have supported and encouraged us through the Monmouth Chapter of our lives and have wished us well into the next.

Time to get me some SOU Raiders gear!